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How can I remove everything that is related to TeX Live from my Ubuntu 12.04? I first used the backport packages from ppa:texlive-backports/ppa and later the manual install via install-tl-unx.tar.gz. Somehow, everything screwed up, so I want to remove everything to start from scratch.

I want to get a recent TeX Live with Biber support and extended font support, i.e. support for Source Sans Pro.

What to do?

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how about rm -rf /usr/local/texlive/2012 and rm -rf ~/.texlive2012? – cmhughes Jan 26 at 20:00
For new versions, not from the official repository, consider installing on /opt. – Sigur Jan 26 at 20:04

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I think you should

  1. remove all packages (via ubuntu's package manager and install-tl too)
  2. remove /usr/{,local}/share/texmf*
  3. remove texmf-releated things from /var/ (maybe /var/lib/texmf)
  4. remove /etc/texmf too
  5. your home directory: ~/.texlive

I think it's enough.

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Try the following commands, one after another. If you progress, respective folders may already be deleted:

  1. sudo apt-get purge texlive*
  2. rm -rf /usr/local/texlive/2012 and rm -rf ~/.texlive2012
  3. rm -rf /usr/local/share/texmf
  4. rm -rf /var/lib/texmf
  5. rm -rf /etc/texmf
  6. rm -rf ~/.texlive
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Thanks to uzsolt and kudos to @cmhughes. – Martin Betz Jan 26 at 22:18

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